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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to the University of Illinois. I am from Illinois, and I liked it just fine. Wasn't a Greek or an athlete, studied political science and generally enjoyed it.[/quote]

+1.  The college experience was excellent at University of Illinois.  After my undergrad there, I got into a top 10 econ grad school program.  Chicago is a huge hiring base for alumni (obviously), and DC is the 2nd largest base of alumni. [/quote]

+1. Illinois is a top ten public (tied with Wisconsin at the moment). The advantage comes in getting hired in Chicago.  I wouldn't go to Illinois with dreams of Wall Street, but it is a path to getting a well-paying gig in a major city. [/quote]

So what's going on with the state budget and the University? Was the spring semester cut short due to lack of funding?[/quote]

No cuts planned for the flagship Illinois yet.  They're working on a 5 year funding plan, but the state is totally backwards.[/quote]

Original U of I poster here.

UIUC is doing okay. They have actually been absorbing students from other schools with less certain futures. A[b] relative teaches at one of the schools with the more dire futures and that person is pretty stressed about the prospects of there even being a spring semester at this point. [/b]But UIUC has assets that other institutions do not have - successful athletics program that actually brings in money (even if not as super special as in years past), solid alumni donor base, research funding that other institutions don't have, etc.

If I still lived in IL, I would consider it a solid public university option. I would not necessarily advise a career in the IL public sector, but I think that the system will right itself eventually. Unfortunately for my relative and other educators at institutions that are less secure, that will not come without some people losing their jobs, which sucks.[/quote]

The only state university that I know in this much trouble is Chicago State. And it could be in real trouble.

University of Illinois is doing fine and will continue to do fine. If your kid is an engineering or comp sci major, U of I is one of the best schools in the country. [/quote]

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